Highland

Campus Alerts & Notifications (RAVE) and severe weather emergency procedures

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Highland Community College (Kansas) documents RAVE Alerts signup and severe-weather campus notification practice on its Safety & Security page, combining campus speaker system, email, and RAVE text for tornado take-shelter and all-clear messages.

Read the official policy

Institution

Highland Community College

Community College · KS

~3,000 studentsRAVE Alerts

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Tornado multi-channel activationverbatim

When a tornado is confirmed to be in or near Doniphan County, Police or Emergency Preparedness will activate the storm warning sirens. Furthermore, college officials will activate the campus emergency alert system. A message will be broadcast across the campus speaker system and sent via email and text message for those signed up to receive RAVE alerts.

Sirens plus campus speaker, email, and RAVE text for tornado take-shelter.

HCC Safety & Security Tornado / Severe Weather section

RAVE all-clearverbatim

The college speaker system and RAVE alert text messaging system will also send an all clear message when the dangerous storm has passed.

All-clear via speaker system and RAVE text.

HCC Safety & Security Tornado / Severe Weather section

RAVE signup link presentverbatim

Sign Up For Rave Alerts

Public RAVE signup entry point on safety page.

HCC Safety & Security Campus Alerts & Notifications

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Tornado confirmed in or near Doniphan County; severe weather take-shelter; other campus emergencies and closings via RAVE; winter storm campus close decisions by the President.
Who decides: Police or Emergency Preparedness activate storm warning sirens; college officials activate campus emergency alert system for severe weather. College President decides winter storm campus close/early leave. Disaster public notifications handled by VP Student Affairs, Marketing Director, President or designee.
Timeliness standard: Take-shelter when sirens and campus alert system activate; all-clear via speaker system and RAVE when dangerous storm has passed.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Public emergency-procedures and RAVE system overview supporting multi-channel campus emergency messaging; ASR available as a separate downloadable document on the same safety site.
Testing cadence: Not specified on the Safety & Security page.
Scope & limits: RAVE text reach depends on signup; city sirens are off campus but audible; winter storm media notification via KNZA and switchboard message.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Highland Community College, a multi-location Kansas community college, publishes emergency procedures and Campus Alerts & Notifications on its Safety & Security page. RAVE Alerts are linked for signup at getrave.com/login/highlandcc. For tornado/severe weather when a tornado is confirmed near Doniphan County, police or emergency preparedness activate storm warning sirens and college officials activate the campus emergency alert system, broadcasting across the campus speaker system and sending email and text for those signed up for RAVE alerts. Designated shelter areas are listed by building, and the speaker system and RAVE text system also send an all-clear when the dangerous storm has passed. The student handbook separately states that students may sign up for RAVE Alerts for campus closings, emergencies, or other announcements. Winter storm campus close decisions rest with the College President with media and switchboard notification. Public information about campus disasters is limited to designated administrators (VP Student Affairs, Marketing Director, President or designee).

Takeaways

Key findings

Tornado alerts combine city/campus sirens, campus speaker system, email, and RAVE text.

RAVE and speaker system send all-clear after dangerous storms pass.

RAVE signup linked from Campus Alerts & Notifications section.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

2 documented times Highland’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
HCC Safety & Security Resources
highlandcc.edu
archived copy
Official
HCC RAVE login
getrave.com
archived copy